So have my high school seniors already made up their minds about climate change?

So have my high school seniors already made up their minds about climate change?

In Chris Mooney’s article “The Science of Why We Don’tBelieve Science” he discuss multiple examples of science that is backed up by the preponderance of evidence but still has its distractors.  I think I got the point after the first page, actually I did find it interesting that he thought more pieces of evidence he gave the better would be his argument, when his point is that even with all the evidence people still believe what they want to believe. Don’t confuse me with the facts I have already made up my mind. Today I surveyed my students today and it certainly looks like many of them already have some strong feelings as well as some significant misconceptions. The research I have done on misconceptions tells me that kids need to acknowledge and work with their misconceptions before any movement is possible. They have to be given significant reasons to give up those misconceptions and replace these ideas with correct knowledge.